Synonyms for gradient

Grammar : Noun

Spell : grey-dee-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪ di ənt

Top 10 synonyms for gradient

Other synonyms for the word gradient

Définition of gradient

Origin : "steep slope of a road or railroad," 1835, principally in American English, from grade (n.) by analogy of quotient, etc. It was used 17c. as an adjective, of animals, "characterized by walking;" in that case probably from Latin gradientem, present participle of gradi "to walk."

noun slope

Example sentences :

It may have been the gradient of the hills, but somehow her gait had lost something of its buoyancy.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

The 'ways' sloped at a gradient of one foot in twelve, and had iron surfaces.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various

We march to our crises by a gradient, every step of which is a moral decision.
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

Their gradient is commonly greater than that of the present rivers.
Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton

The gradient steepened, the snow was hard, and the axe was invoked.
Extract from : « Hours of Exercise in the Alps » by John Tyndall

It is thus that a gradient of one in four becomes a necessity.
Extract from : « Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 695 » by Various

This gradient is not uniform, but diminishes at greater depths.
Extract from : « Lord Kelvin » by Andrew Gray

In summer, when the gradient is steepest, convection reaches its maximum.
Extract from : « Climatic Changes » by Ellsworth Huntington

But Brown didn't answer; he just looked thoughtfully at the gradient.
Extract from : « The Lightning Conductor » by C. N. Williamson

She was toiling along, for the gradient just there was steep.
Extract from : « War » by Pierre Loti

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